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Lyme Disease Prevention Program

Launched by BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · Jan 18, 2000

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Trial Information

Current as of September 08, 2024

Completed

Keywords

Lyme Disease Education Evaluation Communicable Disease Control Outcomes Research Tick Transmitted Diseases

Description

This is a large, randomized trial of a Lyme disease primary prevention program for passengers on ferry boats going to Nantucket Island for the period from Memorial Day until Labor Day. Boats are randomized to experimental or control interventions. The experimental intervention is a performance-based educational program on Lyme disease prevention, and uses supplemental materials. An entertainment troupe delivers the intervention using comedy, theater, and vaudevillian techniques. The entertainers present three shows in different locations on the boat. Each show is about 10 minutes and cover...

Gender

ALL

Eligibility criteria

  • Inclusion Criteria:
  • * Ferry passengers traveling to Nantucket Island
  • Exclusion Criteria:
  • * Foreign (non-U.S.) residence

About Sponsor

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID, /ˈnaɪ.æd/) is one of the 27 institutes and centers that make up the National Institutes of Health (NIH), an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). NIAID's mission is to conduct basic and applied research to better understand, treat, and prevent infectious, immunologic, and allergic diseases.

Contacts

JC

Jennifer Cobb

Immunology at National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

Locations

Hyannis, Massachusetts, United States

People applied

Timeline

First submit

Trial launched

Trial updated

Estimated completion

Not reported

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